Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Ponderosa East (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ponderosa East. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Ponderosa East is located in Douglas County.
To see how the shape of Colorado's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Arapahoe, El Paso, Elbert, Jefferson, Park & Teller.
Below are the counties that are near Ponderosa East. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ponderosa East:
- Douglas County (The home county of Ponderosa East)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa East, with the one closest to Ponderosa East listed first.
- Pine Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Parker
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek Highlands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Pinery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Pinery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pinery
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Stonegate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stonegate is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Grand View Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grand View Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Estates
- Lone Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Meridian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Franktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Acres Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa East, with the one closest to Ponderosa East listed first.
- Watkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Friendly Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Friendly Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
- Hillcrest Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest Village is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Village
- Bennett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Strasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adams City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Adams City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams City
- Dupont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Derby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Derby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- North Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Berkley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berkley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Welby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Welby is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Arapahoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa East, with the one closest to Ponderosa East listed first.
- Foxfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foxfield is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
- Algonquin Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Algonquin Acres is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin Acres
- Centennial
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sableridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
- Somerset Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Village
- Castlewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Castlewood is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlewood
- Hallcrafts Village East
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Settlers Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Greenwood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Havana Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Old Towne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Towne is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Towne
- Altura
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altura is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Denver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa East, with the one closest to Ponderosa East listed first.
- Montbello
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sandown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sandown is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandown
- Denver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735,538 people
- Former names for Denver:
- Auraina
- Denver City
- Montana City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
- West Denver
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Denver
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa East, with the one closest to Ponderosa East listed first.
- Ponderosa Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
- Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kiowa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fondis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fondis is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondis
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa East, with the one closest to Ponderosa East listed first.
- Archer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Archer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Columbine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Columbine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
- Ken Caryl
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lakewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Green Mountain Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheat Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Applewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Applewood Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood Village
- Arvada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Pleasant View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Pleasant View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant View
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ponderosa East, see our County-by-County Page for Ponderosa East.
Cemeteries Near Ponderosa East ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ponderosa East.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Ponderosa East - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ponderosa East covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ponderosa East, with the one closest to Ponderosa East listed first.
- Newlin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- The Parker Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.S. Parker Cemetery
- James Sample Parker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #722189 <2>
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fonder Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Running Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Lewis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franktown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- St. Simeon Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Cremation Gardens at Rocky Mtn. Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (43 more) ...
- Olinger Hampden Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery is located in Thornton.
- The Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57246 <2>
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Ponderosa East in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ponderosa East.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ponderosa East, with the one closest to Ponderosa East listed first.
- Parker
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hilltop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Franktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sullivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Castle Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sedalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kiowa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Littleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Acequia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Acequia is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
- Fort Logan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Logan is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Denver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Denver is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735,538 people
- Former names for Denver:
- Auraina
- Denver City
- Montana City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
- Archer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Archer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Elbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ponderosa East. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ponderosa East.
Newspapers Published in Ponderosa East ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ponderosa East.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ponderosa East, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ponderosa East.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ponderosa East:
- Websites specific to Colorado
- Pages specific to Douglas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Denver County
- Elbert County
- Jefferson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ponderosa East, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ponderosa East) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |